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  • Is Russia setting the stage for a nuclear apocalypse?

    08/26/2009 7:16:32 PM PDT · by Irisshlass · 53 replies · 1,981+ views
    Canadian Free Press ^ | Monday, August 24, 2009 | By Doug Hagmann and Sean Osborne
    can’t say anything about the roots of this story and I don’t plan to dig further… I need to think about my own skin too. Understand that as you will.” —Mikhail Voitenko, editor of the Russian maritime Bulletin Sovfrakht., speaking about the “hijacking” of the Arctic Sea While it might seem like an unusual morphing of the movies Inside Man and The Hunt for Red October, the account of the cargo ship Arctic Sea is far stranger than either fictional account. Based on information developed through our extensive investigation, we can authoritatively state, without hyperbole, that the mysteries surrounding the...
  • Hijacking, S-300, and Another "Mystery" Ship

    09/13/2009 4:25:56 AM PDT · by thedogandtheduck · 2 replies · 524+ views
    An interesting detail of the recent S-300-for-Iran story keeps popping up on Russian and Finnish forums. Another ship left the base right after the Ladny frigate (which was sent to chase MV Arctic Sea). Two Russian Navy ships passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, the frigate and some transport ship. This is something that Estonian Admiral Kouts mentioned, but it somehow fell through the cracks. Now, that second ship was seen hanging around the Arctic Sea, too. The $1M question: what was it doing there? I understand sending a frigate to intercept an allegedly hijacked freighter, but sending along a...